70. BASIDIOMYCETES

Question 1

1. What phylum do Basidiomycetes belong to?

Answer 1

• they belong to Phylum Basidiomycota

Question 2

2. What kind of structure do Basidiomycetes have?

Answer 2

• they have a club like structure
• this is known as a Basidium
• it forms in the transient diploid stage

Question 3

3. Define what the Basidia (Basidium) do?

Answer 3

• they produce spores
• they produce sexual spores in specific
• these are known as Basidiospores

Question 4

4. Which phylum does not reproduce asexually, it only reproduces sexually?

Answer 4

• Basidia
• these are a part of the Phylum Basidiomycota

Question 5

5. What is the Basidiocarp?

Answer 5

• this is the fruiting body of Basidiomycetes
• it has numerous basidia
• it forms the reproductive structure of
  the Basidiomycetes

Question 6

6. What is an example of Basidiocarps?

Answer 6

• mushrooms